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Sunday, February 02, 2014

NATO chief, Russian minister at odds on missile defense

Anders Fogh RasmussenNATO’s secretary-general on Saturday said increasingly bellicose rhetoric out of Russia is hindering chances for more cooperation between the alliance and its old Cold War foe.

“We must refrain from threats against each other,” NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen said during the Munich Security Conference. “The deployment of new offensive weapons has no place in a true strategic partnership.”

While noting that Russia and NATO continue to cooperate on some security matters, such as counter-terrorism and narcotics trafficking, Rasmussen chided Russia on a range of issues, such as the recent deployment of ballistic missiles in the country’s west .

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